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Storyline

Jake Barnes and his two kids, Sean and Jessie, have moved to Alaska after his wife died. He is a former airline pilot now delivering toilet paper across the mountains. During an emergency delivery in a storm his plane goes down somewhere in the mountains. Annoyed that the authorities aren't doing enough, Jessie and Sean set out on an adventure to find their father with the help of a polar bear which they have saved from a ferocious poacher. Conflict ensues.Written by
Jason Ihle <jrihl@conncoll.edu>

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Trivia

The bear cub was found by director Fraser Clarke Heston and was called Agee. It was born in January 1995 and was raised by a bear expert in his own home. She had to be trained for the role. The bear worked well with the two co-stars. See more »

Goofs

When Sean is falling down the mountain on the ice, he loses his hat about halfway down, and there is no opportunity to retrieve it. It's still missing (correctly) as they go into to cabin and find the canoe. The next morning when they leave the cabin, he has the hat again - which he proceeds to lose again in the rapids. At least it didn't show up again. See more »

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User Reviews

Hard to figure the negative comments about this film. It is geared to an elementary school audience who will find it very entertaining. But it is also good family viewing because the scenery is terrific and the polar bear cub is very cute. Since there was never a conspiracy to keep the demographic identity of the target audience a national secret, those complaining about its lack of sophistication were just too lazy to check it out before actually viewing it. The film delivers exactly what it promises so there is no real basis for that kind of criticism.

The editing is first class; especially on the canoe down the rapids sequence where the second unit stuff is perfectly cut into tight shots of the two stars. Thora Birch turns in another excellent performance and Vincent Kartheiser shows that even before "Angel" he modeled his acting on William Shatner (this is not a complement).

There are a number of plot holes but nothing that really matters. One interesting thing is the scene where the bear cub helps in the rescue effort by pulling the rope with his teeth. Seldom can you point to a "single" stupid detail that drastically dumbs down a film but that is the case here. Lose that one moronic shot and the film gains about 20 IQ points and could add a couple years to its target audience.

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